China (People’s Republic of) vs Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Taro — Area harvested

China (People’s Republic of)
100,324 ha
in 2024
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
366,847 ha
in 2024
China (People’s Republic of) rank
4th
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank
3rd

Taro — Area harvested over time

  • China (People’s Republic of)
  • Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
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How they compare

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) currently reports 366,847 ha against 100,324 ha in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 266,523 ha.

That makes Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)'s figure about 3.7 times China (People’s Republic of)'s.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) has been ahead every year.

China (People’s Republic of) ranks 4th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 3rd of 51 countries.

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China (People’s Republic of) Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) Difference Ahead
1960s 72,047 ha 242,177 ha 170,131 ha Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
1970s 87,615 ha 344,529 ha 256,914 ha Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
1980s 99,419 ha 305,046 ha 205,627 ha Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
1990s 77,371 ha 358,432 ha 281,061 ha Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
2000s 89,479 ha 248,852 ha 159,373 ha Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
2010s 95,763 ha 319,947 ha 224,184 ha Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
2020s 99,574 ha 359,755 ha 260,181 ha Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher taro — area harvested, China (People’s Republic of) or Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), at 366,847 ha against 100,324 ha in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2024.
What is the difference in taro — area harvested between China (People’s Republic of) and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
266,523 ha, with Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China (People’s Republic of) and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank globally for taro — area harvested?
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 4th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 3rd of 51 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Taro — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Taro — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
83 places, 4,688 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.